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In Zurich . . . in Moscow . . . in Washington, D.C. . . . the machinery has already been set in motion. In a quiet suburb, an odd assortment of men and women gather for a momentous weekend. At stake is nothing less than the very existence of the United States of America—and, with it, the future of the entire free world.
Praise for Robert Ludlum and The Osterman Weekend “Shattering . . . [The Osterman Weekend] will cost you the night and the cold hours of the morning.”—The Cincinnati Enquirer
“Ludlum stuffs more surprises into his novels than any other six-pack of thriller writers combined.”—The New York Times “Powerhouse momentum . . . as shrill as the siren on the prowl car.”—Kirkus Reviews “A complex scenario of inventive double-crossing.”—Chicago Sun-Times BONUS: This edition includes an excerpt from Robert Ludlum’s The Bourne Identity.
In Zurich . . . in Moscow . . . in Washington, D.C. . . . the machinery has already been set in motion. In a quiet suburb, an odd assortment of men and women gather for a momentous weekend. At stake is nothing less than the very existence of the United States of America—and, with it, the future of the entire free world.
Praise for Robert Ludlum and The Osterman Weekend “Shattering . . . [The Osterman Weekend] will cost you the night and the cold hours of the morning.”—The Cincinnati Enquirer
“Ludlum stuffs more surprises into his novels than any other six-pack of thriller writers combined.”—The New York Times “Powerhouse momentum . . . as shrill as the siren on the prowl car.”—Kirkus Reviews “A complex scenario of inventive double-crossing.”—Chicago Sun-Times BONUS: This edition includes an excerpt from Robert Ludlum’s The Bourne Identity.
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Excerpts-
From the book
1
Saddle Valley, New Jersey, is a Village.
At least real estate developers, hearing alarm signals from a decaying upper-middle-class Manhattan, found a Village when they invaded its wooded acres in the late 1930’s.
The white, shield-shaped sign on Valley Road reads
SADDLE VALLEY
VILLAGE INCORPORATED 1862
Welcome
The “Welcome” is in smaller lettering than any of the words preceding it, for Saddle Valley does not really welcome outsiders, those Sunday afternoon drivers who like to watch the Villagers at play. Two Saddle Valley police cars patrol the roads on Sunday afternoon.
It might also be noted that the sign on Valley Road does not read
SADDLE VALLEY, NEW JERSEY
or even
SADDLE VALLEY, N.J.
merely
SADDLE VALLEY
The Village does not acknowledge a higher authority; it is its own master. Isolated, secure, inviolate.
On a recent July Sunday afternoon, one of the two Saddle Valley patrol cars seemed to be extraordinarily thorough. The white car with blue lines roamed the roads just a bit faster than usual. It went from one end of the Village to the other—cruising into the residential areas—in front of, behind, and to the sides of the spacious, tastefully landscaped one-acre lots.
This particular patrol car on this particular Sunday afternoon was noticed by several residents of Saddle Valley.
It was meant to be.
It was part of the plan.
John Tanner, in old tennis shorts and yesterday’s shirt, sneakers and no socks, was clearing out his two-car garage with half an ear cocked to the sounds coming from his pool. His twelve-year-old son, Raymond, had friends over, and periodically Tanner walked far enough out on the driveway so he could see past the backyard patio to the pool and make sure the children were all right. Actually, he only walked out when the level of shouting was reduced to conversation—or periods of silence.
Tanner’s wife, Alice, with irritating regularity, came into the garage through the laundry-room entrance to tell her husband what to throw out next. John hated getting rid of things, and the resulting accumulation of junk exasperated her. This time she motioned toward a broken lawn spreader which had lain for weeks at the back of the garage.
John noticed her gesture. “I could mount it on a piece of wrought iron and sell it to the Museum of Modern Art,” he said. “Remnants of past inequities. Pre-gardener period.”
Alice Tanner laughed. Her husband noted once again, as he had for so many years, that it was a nice laugh.
“I’ll haul it to the curb. They pick up Mondays.” Alice reached for the relic.
“That’s okay. I’ll do it.”
“No, you won’t. You’ll change your mind halfway down.”
Her husband lifted the spreader over a Briggs and Stratton rotary lawn mower while Alice sidled past the small Triumph she proudly referred to as her “status symbol.” As she started pushing the spreader down the driveway, the right wheel fell off. Both of them laughed.
“That’d clinch the deal with the museum. It’s irresistible.”
Alice looked up and stopped laughing. Forty yards away, in front of their house on Orchard Drive, the white patrol car was slowly cruising.
“The gestapo’s screening the peasants this afternoon,” she said.
“What?” Tanner picked up the wheel and threw it into the well of the spreader.
“Saddle Valley’s finest is on the job....
About the Author-
Robert Ludlum was the author of twenty-one novels, each a New York Times bestseller. There are more than 210 million of his books in print, and they have been translated into thirty-two languages. In addition to the Jason Bourne series—The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy, and The Bourne Ultimatum—he was the author of The Scarlatti Inheritance, The Chancellor Manuscript, and The Apocalypse Watch, among many others. Mr. Ludlum passed away in March 2001.
Reviews-
Chicago Sun-Times
Praise for Robert Ludlum and The Osterman Weekend "Shattering . . . [The Osterman Weekend] will cost you the night and the cold hours of the morning."--The Cincinnati Enquirer "Ludlum stuffs more surprises into his novels than any other six-pack of thriller writers combined."--The New York Times "Powerhouse momentum . . . as shrill as the siren on the prowl car."--Kirkus Reviews "A complex scenario of inventive double-crossing."
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